Running head: Civil Rights Movement 1 Movement 2 Civil Rights Movement Author Note: This paper is being submitted on October 13, 2018, for Introduction to Sociology course. Civil Rights Movement The Civil Right movement was formed for Africans to secure economic rights, social rights, and full political rights in the 1950’s through 1968. The Civil Rights Movement was sought to improve quality for African Americans. On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed The Civil Rights Act. This act outlawed discrimination based on race, national origin, color, sex, and religion. What I know about The Civil Right Movement is that it is the largest and most successful push towards social change in history. Rosa Parks was known to be the first black person to give up her seat to a white man. Claudette Colvin was actually the first black woman to refuse her seat to a white man nine months before Rosa Parks in Montgomery Alabama. Claudette was arrested, and the Women Political Council (WPC) called for a boycott against the bus system. Claudette testified before a three-judge panel and days later the decision was made to end bus segregation. Claudette was not made public by black leaders because she was fifteen at that time, and she was reported as being pregnant by a married man. Today, African Americans are still fighting for equality, and pioneers like Claudette Colvin, Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks, and Malcolm X among many others have paved the way for today’s black leaders to continue to fight for black people to have equal rights. I feel that The Civil Rights Act did not end the problem entirely because African Americans are still deprived of their constitutional rights, the civil rights activists still took a stand for civil rights, and it ended Jim Crow’s malicious laws. In conclusion, I hope to gain new insight into the African American’s standpoint during The Civil Right Movement through my research. References Walker, R. (2016, December 1). The Undefeated. Retrieved from https://theundefeated.com. Rumble, T.D. (2018, March 10). BBC. Claudette Colvin. Retrieved from https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-43171799. .